Idle Colliery Status Guides Scranton Militia Dispatch
Hazleton Pa Sept 22 Undaunted by yesterday's failure to restart Silver Brook colliery Wentz Co blew the breaker whistle again and crews began work as the region awaits the Jeansville Lehigh Valley start up. Troops guard sites while Drifton and Audenried cases loom. officials hint at early troop withdrawal as no man is discharged.
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Hazleton
Silver Brook
Wentz & Co
Jeansville
Lehigh Valley Company
Pardes
Harwood
Aterday
Jeanesville
Lattimer
Calvin Tardee
Iast
Tureday
Paurdee
Coxe & Cos
Drifton
Tuewlay
Tribune
Jie
Lowell
Lehigh
Wilkes-Barre
Audenried
Honeybrook
Evans Coal Mining Company
Beaver Meadow
Gobin
Lehigh Valley
Gherst
Gherat
Kent
Annexation Ratified by Hawaii Senate in Extra Session
News from Honolulu states the Hawaii senate, in an extra session on Sept 6, reported the treaty to annex Hawaii to the United States favorably. The senate, by unanimous vote, ratified and advised presidential ratification of the Washington treaty concluded June 16, 1897, with opposition protests recorded in papers.
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San Franccisco
Peking
Honolulu
Senate
Foreign Relations’ Committee
Senate of
Republic of Hawaii
Republic of Hawai
United States of America
Hawaiian Lande
Washington
Defense Opens in Luetgert Case
The Luetgert murder trial enters its defense phase as attorney Vincent outlines a simple defense. He will deny state expert findings, claim caustic potash used for soap, and argue Mrs. Luetgert is alive in Germany. He plans witnesses to dispute bone identifications and support Luetgert’s innocence.
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Chicago
Sept
Luetgert
Vincent
Mra
Germany
Americans in Antwerp Oppose Belgian War Draft Law
Americans residing in Antwerp held a meeting to oppose the Belgian government’s new war draft law. They organized to resist enrollment and sent resolutions to Bellamy Storer, the United States minister in Brussels.
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Antwerp
Belgium
Bellamy Storer
United States
Brussels
Mob Threatens Archbishop at Milan Cathedral
A crowd in Milan hoisted an Italian flag over the Cathedral last night. The archbishop ordered it removed and the mob moved to his house, behaving so threat- eningly that detachments of troops were called out to prevent further disorder.
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Milan
Italy
Steamship Arrivals Include Teutonic and Pennland
Steamship arrivals list ships and origins with ports such as New York Philadelphia Baltimore and Queenstown. Entries include Teutonic from New York Pennland from Philadelphia and Hremen from Baltimore with Queenstown arrival dates and final destinations for New York.
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Liverpool
Teutonic
New York
Queenstown
Pennland
Philadephia
Hremen
Aunchen
Baltimore
Northeast hurricane hits New Jersey shore at noon
A northeast hurricane has been blowing along the Jersey coast since noon today and is increasing in velocity tonight. No rain yet but the sun shines fiercely on the ocean front bulkheads with no damage reported.
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New Jersey
Cape May
N. J
Jersey
Spray Arrives in Port Louis On World Voyage
The 40 foot sloop Spray commanded by Captain Joshua Slocum from Rovion Maas completes a leg of its global voyage and reaches Port Louis Mauritius on September 22 indicating progress in the circumnavigation attempt.
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Port Louis
Island of
Mauritius
Spray
Joshua Slocum
Rovion
Maas
Testimony at Lattimer hearing details deputies gunfire
Testimony in the Commonwealth v Sheriff Martin and deputies centers on aims at Lattimer where strikers sought to persuade workers to quit. Witnesses describe Deputy fire actions and Sheriff Martin's role amid assault claims, with seventy three deputies posting bail totaling about 458000 to cover murder and felonious wounding charges.
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Lattimer
Minera
Feari
Wilkes-Barre
Commonwealth Va
Martin
Commonwealth
Ion
Anthony Benovitch
Martin Sholocki
West Hazleton
Kate Case
Ellen Witchie
Judge Lynch
Fell
Joseph A. Sinn
Philadelphia
City Trust Deposit and Surety Company
Mr. Sinn
Hazleton
Testimony At Lattimer Strike Describes Sheriff Firearm Action
Eyewitness Joseph Shekosky testifies that at Lattimer the sheriff was stationed on the left as workers were pushed from the right. He says the sheriff snapped his revolver twice and fired at a man in the arm, causing a cry and blood. The judges held a conference after the testimony.
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Lynch
Fell
William Costello
Thomas Marsden
Harry Diel
Henry Piaf
John Salem
F. Mummy
Thomas Brown
W. H. Brown
8. Ermhold
George Trible
Hazleton
Lattimer
Joseph Shekosky
Sherif
Arrest in Shamokin for dairy poisoning and vandalism
Isaac Leppley was arrested in Shamokin township after allegedly entering Dairyman M L Sober's Elysburg barn, poisoning two cows with Paris green, damaging harness and wagon hubs, and removing wheel bolts. Milk was later found poisoned and warnings spread to prevent use of the fluid. Leppley was committed to prison after a hearing. blood traces and injured hands noted.
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Shamokin
Isaac Leppley
Vivarge & Farm
Shamokin Township
M. L. Sober
Elysburg
Giria
George Sober
Leppley
Justice Rowe
Prion
Sober
Wreck Cleaves Erie West Bound Freight Near Nay Aug
A western bound Erie and Wyoming Valley freight train broke in two near Nay Aug at about 7 p m. Six ore cars and two freight cars were badly smashed and track damage blocked traffic. A wreck crew from Hawley and Dunmore worked to clear the line. engineers Warren La France and conductor Richard Winters steen were in charge.
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Erie and
Wyoming Valley
Hawley
Dunmore
Warren la France
Richard Wintersteen
Fatal fly wheel burst at Providence Rubber Shoe plant
Two men died and several injured when a fly wheel over five tons burst at the Providence Rubber Shoe company factory. The dead are William J. Renner and James M. Brown, aged 73.
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Providence
Providence Rubber Shoe Company
William J. Renner
James M. Brown
Captain Maurice Gifford Weds Marguerite Thool in Knightsbridge
London society records the marriage of Captain Maurice Gifford retired explorer and Matabele War veteran to Miss Marguerite Thool at St Pauls Knightsbridge. Gifford who lost an arm in campaign wore a Matabele gold bullet as a keepsake during the ceremony.
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London
Maurice Gifford
Manuw
Hechuanaland
Bt. Paul's
Chi Knightsbridge
Marguerite Thool
Gifford
King Oscar I Urges Impartial Neutrality Abroad
Stockholm reports King Oscar I marking his twenty fifth year on the throne as he instructs diplomats to pursue impartial neutrality and maintain friendly relations with all foreign nations. He emphasizes balanced policy toward Britain and other states.
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Btockholm
Oscar I
United Kingdom
New Phase of the Capitol Wrangle Restrain Plan Adoption
A Pennsylvania court injunction blocks the Capitol Building Commission from adopting any design other than the eight selected plans for the state house. Governor Hastings and fellow officials confront legal action while Hastings recovers from illness and urges prompt construction and faithful execution of the program.
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State House
Hastings
Lancaster
Mylin
Haywood
Carrell
Senate
Boyer
House
State Capitol Building Commission
Livingston
James H. Warner
Com
Imneaster
Warner
Commission
Reeder and Others Seek Habeas Hearing in Bribe Case
General Frank Reeder former secretary of the commonwealth Assemblyman Webster C Wells and Maurice C Luckenbach surrendered to Sheriff Fenicle at Easton Pa and petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus Judge Scott set October 4 for the hearing. The trio remains in custody with liberty allowed pending the process.
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Easton
Frank Reeder
The
Commonwealth
Webster C. Wells
Maurice C. Luckenbach
Wanamaker
Fenicle
Scott
Reeder Tok
Associated Press
Luckenbach
Welas
Turning the Weed into Gold
Lock Haven Pa September 2 The large crop of tobacco grown in Clinton county this season has been cut and housed and is estimated to be worth about 10 50 to the growers Over 700 acres were grown and this will yield over 1 000 000 pounds of cured tobacco largely from imported Sumatra seed The yield per acre is estimated at 140 pounds and it would require a train of a car to transport Clinton County s tobacco crop this full.
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Lock Haven
Clinton County
War on Street Railways Prompts City Legal Action
Indianapolis Sept 2. City counsel will file a bill of complaint in Hamilton County to force action on street railway deals. The case pits the Citicene Street Railroad and the City Railway against the city as authorities push to assert rights and open dealings. The president and a portion of users' directory residents are involved in the power dispute.
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Iayeepolis
Indianapolis
Ind
Hamilton
Sonesee
Citicene' Streat Railroad Company
City Railwayompany
Uxens
City Sues Over Street Rights in Indianapolis
A court suit claims two companies defy law by asserting perpetual street rights beyond 1901, risking continued litigation that would deprive Indianapolis of street control. The case asks the court to rule that after 191 no entity holds rights in city streets except the city itself.
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pPlaint
Ite
Indianapoliie
Indianapolis
Cyclone in Italy Leaves Death and Destruction
A cyclone swept through Baja Orla and Lettiano in Lecce province last evening killing forty people and injuring seventy. Twenty houses were destroyed and telegraph lines cut. In Orin railway depot was demolished with fatalities among workers. In a nearby village thirty homes were lost with twenty killed and twenty four injured. Mesagne saw fifteen dead and five injured as vast areas were devastated.
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Italy
Baja
Orla
Lettiano
Lecce
Orin
Mesagne
Yellow fever reaches Texas with Beaumont case
Austin confirms a genuine yellow fever case in Beaumont, a small boy who died early this morning. Officials discuss quarantine and possible shutdown of train service from Louisiana. New Orleans reports twelve cases since yesterday with two deaths. Mobile shows no deaths and rising discharges as cases total 48.
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New Orleans
Mobile
Austin
Tex
Texas
Culberson
Bwearingen
Mall
Louisiana
Board of Health Ofee
Ala
Belle Webb's Death Attributed To Love For Harris
New York newspaper report says Helle M. Webb a young stenographer inhaled illuminating gas with a rubber tube at a West Fourteenth Street boarding house and died in New York Hospital. She reportedly loved a Philadelphia reporter named Harris whose own suicide three weeks earlier prompted her act she had lived in South Chester Pennsylvania and worked for a Fifth Avenue publishing house since April.
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New York
Helle M. Webb
West Fourteenth Street
New York Hospital
Philadelphia
Harris
Miss Webb
South Chester
Fifth Avenue
Clyde liner sinks at her dock in Brooklyn
The Clyde Line steamship Oneida lies three parts submerged at the line’s dock under Brooklyn bridge after a heavy northwest gale shifted cargo of cotton and yellow pine. Captain Staples cites the Delaware capes crossing and a leak from impact possibly with a wreck or rock.
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Clyde Line
Oneida
Boston
Brooklyn Bridge
Staples
Delaware Capes
American guns at Tangier arrive to probe flogging and settle claims
The U S cruiser San Francisco has arrived at Tangier to investigate alleged flogging of American citizens at Mogador and to enforce the promised settlement of past claims by the United States against Morocco.
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Tangier
Morocco
United States
San Francisco
Mogador
Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity in Wind Gap Case
Easton jury finds Henry Shover not guilty by insanity for the July Wind Gap housekeeper slaying. Separate Stroudsburg report says Julius Howell dies from a shaving mirror cut causing blood poisoning after a mirror break during shaving in Shawnee.
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Easton
Henry Shover
Mra
Sarah Waller
Wind Gap
Beecause Shover
Stroudsburg
Julius Howell
Shawnee
Lieut Hill Resting Quietly After Train Jump
Lieutenant Hill, who attempted suicide by jumping from a Pennsylvania train early yesterday, is resting quietly at the hospital in this city. He will depart for Washington, D. C., in a day or two.
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Hill
William Sport
Pennsylvania
Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania Pensions Granted Today
Washington September 2 The following Pennsylvania pensions were granted today Original widows Susan Perry Drinker Lackawanna and other beneficiaries are listed in the official pension roll reflects the session's approvals for deserving claimants in that state )
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Pennsylvania Pensiona
Washington
Pennsylvania
Susan Perry
Drinker
Lackawanna
Fair Weather With Northeasterly Winds This Morning
The morning forecast indicates fair conditions with northeasterly winds. Regional notes cover local events, sports listings, and community notices including hearings, parades, and upcoming gatherings across Hazleton and neighboring areas.
Situation on the Yukon Patrols Watch Unruly Find
Captain Cuttle reports from St Michaels that the Yukon camp faces a rising menace as an influx of strangers and threats alarms officials. Rescue efforts for the Navarch crew, including Captain White sides and his wife, are noted while food scarcity and possible starvation loom this winter.
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Whitesides
Washington
Cutetle
Bear
Secretary of the Treasury
Iey Capes
Castle
Esquime
Christie Point
Icy Point
C. D. Bower
Cape Smythe
Smith's Bay
Rosaris
Alaska Commercelal Company
North American Trading and Transportation Company
Cuttle
St. Michaels
Yukon
Hooper
Bering Sea
Yukon River
Pennsylvania Tennessee Commission Trip Delayed Over Yellow Fever
Harrisburg reports the Pennsylvania Tennessee commission trip to Nashville is postponed due to yellow fever outbreaks in the South. The dedication of Pennsylvania monuments at Chickamauga and Pennsylvania day at the Nashville Exposition are delayed without date, not before October 25.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Tennessee Commission
Nashville
Pennsylvania
Chickamagua
Fire destroys McKee sand crusher at Derry Station
A large fire at Derry Station Greensburg Pennsylvania destroyed the McKee sand crusher shortly after 1:28 this morning. The hose company arrived quickly and contained the blaze but the crusher burned. Loss estimated between 50 000 and 60 000 with 40 000 insured.
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Greenaburg
McKee
Derry Station
Striking Ohio miners protest union pick for Dillonvale
Struck again in Steubenville Ohio on September 22 as Long Run and Dillonvale miners walk out in sympathy with Dillonvale miners who elected a checkweighman opposed by the company.
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Ohio
Steubenville
Dillonvale
Dillonville
Commander Prime Transfer to Pensacola Navy Yard
Washington dispatch reports Lieutenant Commander A. B. Prime has been transferred from steel inspection duties at Harrisburg to the Pensacola navy yard on September 2.
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Prime
Washington
Prime Hee Heen
Ateel
Harrisburg
Pensacola Navy Yard
Weather Outlook for New York and Northeast Coasts
The report notes cloudy and threatening conditions across New York and the middle states with higher temperatures. Brisk easterly winds shift to gale force on the coast, bringing squalls and rain as storms move north from the Hatteras region. Friday sees warmer highs with lingering rain and north winds, then interior clearing.
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New York
Sept
Middle States
New England
Hatteras
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